Abortion: Not a Trouble-Free Solution

Chris, a friend of mine had grown up to believe that abortion is the same as murder. A sin that God would not hold back from punishing. But his firm bible based conviction soon soften when his girlfriend, Ruth of many years turned up pregnant. Chris on the other hand realized he could not face the many challenges of marriage and parenthood. ” I quickly thought of a convenient solution.,” Chris later told me. He told Ruth that abortion was their only solution.

My friend Chris called this a convenient solution to an unplanned and unwanted pregnancy. However, I  later found out in a 2007 global study report that in 2003 there were an estimated 42 million induced abortions worldwide.I also noticed that women who have abortions come from every race and nationality, and from every level of income,education,and age between puberty and menopause. But the question that I’m really concerned with is this, if you were facing an unwanted pregnancy, how would you react?

From research and other practical observations, women seek abortions for a variety of reasons, ranging from financial problems to a failed, or abusive, relationships that result into deep resentment for either the man or the woman. Sometimes the pregnancy may simply not fit into the plans of the couple, or at least one of them.

In some situation, abortion is chosen as a protection for family reputation or simply to preserve the beauty that pregnancies seem to deface. I recalled about two years ago, a close friend of mine from college had confided to me that if she got pregnant by mistake, she would have to abort it. She concluded. ” I can’t allow a baby to disfigure and put me out of shape! I need to look great all the time for my man.”

Consider the Impact

A 2004 research study of 331 Russian and 217 American women who had an induced abortion revealed that about half of both groups felt bad after the abortion. Nearly 50% of the Russians and almost 80% of the Americans felt guilt over the procedure. More than 50% of the American women were unable to forgive themselves. Many young women acknowledged that long after abortion is done, there is this gloomy feeling of guilt and sadness that seems to set in for so long. Some people experience terrible health problem immediately after abortion that they have to seek medical health for solution. Others experience severe depression and sleep disorder.

When Does a Human Life Begin?

The development of all the parts of an embryo begins at conception, when the ovum or egg cell, of the woman is fertilized by a sperm cell of the man. New advances in technology have enabled scientists to observe the amazing changes that take place in the nucleus of this one-celled fertilized egg. Remember the molecules making up the DNA of the father and mother combine to create a human life that never existed before. It is that original single cell that begins the truly miraculous process of constructing a fully formed human. The nature of this construction process is determined by our genes, which are segments of DNA. These control virtually everything about us. Like our height,,facial features,eye and hair color, intelligence, and a countless number of other important things. Meanwhile, I’m working on a suitable video for this content, and will be posted soon.

From the time of conception in the womb, the child is, not just another part of the mother’s tissue, but a separate person. That is why her body views it as a foreign object. It would be quickly rejected were it not for the protected world created in the mother’s womb. This new human life-separated from the mother by protective housing-is a person with a unique DNA fingerprint.          

However, if you’re contemplating abortion, this topic is for you. Take your time and give it a second thought, you might be destroying the next president of the United States, who knows!